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Australia's HECS-HELP debt has topped $74b. How long does it take the average student to pay theirs off?

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has released the country's 100 largest HELP/HECS debts through a Freedom of Information request – and the highest debt is a whopping $737,000.

The second-biggest has ballooned to nearly half a million dollars, with the third coming in at $387,000.

The lowest in the top 100 was more than $219,000.

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